Improvement in vapor-burners



itin-iisd guette (stent @imita JOHN O. LOVE, OE PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

yLetters Patent N 99,688, :lated February/'8, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN VAPOR-'BURNERS The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

I, JOHN C. LOVE, of Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented an Im- `proved Gas or Vapor-Burner, ofwh-ieh the following is a specification.

Nature and Object of thc Intention.

M y Vinvent-ion consists of a gas or vapor-burner, composed principally of a metal .,base,l of a central tip or burnen and of inclined arms or ,tubes arranged on each My invention consists further of an economical method, fuliy described' hereafter, of constructingthe hase of the burner.,

Description of the Accompanying Drawing. Figure Vl is anexternal view of my improved gas or vapor-burner;

Figure 2,V a. sectional view of the same; and Figure 3, a detached view, drawn to an enlarged cale. Y 'i General Description.

A represents a wickor feed-tube, and B; a metal cap, which is screwed 0n tothe uppe'r end of the saine, and which forms the base or body ofthe lu1ruer,there being within the baseand above the wick-tube a space, a, with which communicate the lower ends oftwo narrow tubes C C, which project ont-ward and upward from the base, at about the angle represented in the' drawing.

Each of these tubes is open` at its outer end, and is contained within a larger tube, I), closed at the top, and also screwed into or otherwise secured to the base B.

The narrowannular space 'which intcrvenes between each of the tubes C and the outer tubeV D, communicates through a passage, in the base B, with the smce beneath a Yas-burner F which is secured to and projects vertically upward from the centre Vof the said base. This tip or burner F is of ordinary construction, and may be made of any suitable material.

The wick-tube A is secured tn any suitable stand or reservoir, or may communicate with a reservoir so arranged above the burner, that the benzine, naphtha,

lor other light oil which is to be used,lmay be fed to the burner under a slight pressure.

Before ignitiug thev burner, it will be firstnecessary to hold an ignited match or taper beneath the saine, in order to heat the metal sufcientl y to partially vaporize the. oil, and cause a small volume of the gas or vapor to issue from theV tip F. This may vbe' immediately ignited, and will continue to heat the burner.

The vapor, as it is generated, passes upward from v the space a., above the wick-tube, through the inner tubes C O, and thence downward through the annular space which surrounds lthese tubes, to the passages t', whence it escapes to the point of ignition.

When the vapor is lighted, the flame spreads laterally to about the extent shown in fig. 1, and is brought in contact with each ofthe tubes D D, so as to highly heat the samegand consequently rarify and improve the quality, for Vburning purposesof the vapor which is passing through the annular space between the said tubes and the internal tubes C.

This heating and rarifving of the vapor has also the effect of rapidly increasing its volume, so as to cause it to pa'ssvtioin the tip F with a considerable degree of pressure, anextended tlaine of great brilliancy being consequent-ly produced.

The outward inclination ofthe tubes-or arms through which the vapor is conducted to the point of ignition,

, is an important'tiaturc of my invention, :1s-by this4 means the vapor is conducted to the most advantageous points wto llie-heated by the flame, without contracting or reducing'tbe brilliancy of the latter.

Another important point is the economical construction and arrangement ofthe base B, the latter, aswill Vbe bestobserved in tig. 3, having, on each side, inclined openings :c and az', of ditferent diameters, which communicate with each other, with the spacca, and with thel space beneath the gas-tip, so that, by merely screw- .ing the tubes and gas-tip into the base., the burner will be completed and ready for use. rIhe base also', instead of being made solid, as in the present instance, can be constructed of sheet-metal.

My invention, although designed especially as a vapor-blu'ner, will be found equally advantageous for burning ordinary`coal-gas, as the heating of the latter before ignition greatly improves its burning qualities.-

Glaims.

1. A burner, composed of a base, B, of'a central tip, F, and of inclined arms or tubes which communicate with the feed or wick-tube, and with the interiorof the-said tip l", substantially in the manner described.

2. 'Ihe arrangement of the two inclined hollow arms D, internal tubes C, and tip F, as described.

3. The base B, having openings and passages comrn unjcatin g with and arranged in respect to each other, substantially in the manner described.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my'name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing JOHN O. LOVE.

witnesses.

Witnesses:

JOHN WHITE, HARRY SMITH. 

